Kwara

British

/ ˈkwɑːrə /

noun

a state of W Nigeria: mainly wooded savanna. Capital: Ilorin. Pop: 2 371 089 (2006). Area: 36 825 sq km (14 218 sq miles)

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Images from an AFP photographer in Offa, in neighbouring Kwara state, showed crumbled buildings with roofs caved in and belongings scattered among the wreckage.

From Barron's • Dec. 27, 2025

Information has been slow to trickle out of the countryside in northwestern Sokoto state and neighbouring Kwara state, which the Nigerian government said late Friday was hit in the strikes.

From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025

All those taken in the Kwara and Kebbi attacks have since been freed.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

Orders were given for many schools to close in the states of Kebbi, Niger, Katsina, Yobe and Kwara.

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

His father was a small local chief, and his uncle was governor of the districts of Dembea, Kwara and Chelga between Lake Tsana and the undefined N.W. frontier.

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